Lytorhynchus kennedyi SCHMIDT, 1939
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | Kennedy's Leafnose Snake |
Synonym | Lytorhynchus kennedyi SCHMIDT 1939 Lytorhynchus kennedyi — MARX 1958 Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi — LEVITON et al. 1992 Lytorhynchus kennedyi — MARTENS 1993 Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi — SCHLEICH et al. 1996 Lytorhynchus kennedyi — SINDACO et al. 2006 Lytorhynchus kennedyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 416 |
Distribution | Syria, Jordan, probably in SW Iraq Type locality: Syria, between Horns and Palmyra. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: FMNH 19586 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Allied to L. diadema, but with widely spaced black dorsal crossbars; preoculars three on each side; 10 lower labials [from SCHMIDT 1939]. |
Comment | Distribution: not in Iraq fide Habeeb & Rastegar-Pouyani 2016. |
Etymology | named after Dr. Walter P. Kennedy, of the Royal College of Medicine, Baghdad, who has contributed important material to the author’s collections. |
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